Chapter 6
Will set Paige’s feet on the floor once they were in the bedroom. The moonlight shone through the open curtains, and the scent of her cinnamon perfume filled the room. He loved her more than he’d ever dreamed possible, and his heart skipped ten beats when she slipped his jacket from his shoulders and began unbuttoning his shirt.
Gentle hands skimmed his bare chest to his belt. The blood pounding through his veins followed the path of her touch. Her long, deft fingers worked quickly and soon she was unzipping his pants. When she slid his pants down his legs, she followed the motion. He took her elbows to stop her.
“You don’t have to?—”
“Shhh. I want this.”
His life flashed before his eyes like it always did when she took him this way. “Paige.” A hum deep in her throat had him battling for control. After several long, amazing minutes he helped her to her feet. “I need to be inside you.”
She threaded her fingers through his hair and kissed a wet path to his ear. “I want you.” The barely breathe of sound snapped the cord for him.
He stepped out of his pants, then turned her to face the bed. Slow, open-mouthed kisses followed the path of her zipper as he slid it down her back. The taste of warm skin and sex slid across his tongue like honey on warm toast.
“Will.” Her voice was a plea riding on a moan.
When her dress fell to the ground, he let out a blistering curse. “Who did you think you were going to see tonight, darlin’?” The illicit thong with with rhinestones framed the globes of her ass perfectly.
She grinned over her shoulder at him. “You never know who you might pick up at a rehearsal dinner.”
With a flick of his fingers her bra slipped from her shoulders. It joined the dress in a puddle at her feet. Her velvety skin warmed his hands as he brought them around to cup her breasts.
Soft gasps of air puffed in and out of her open mouth as her head fell to his shoulder. He bit the tendon between her shoulder and her neck, and the moan she unleashed sent what little blood he had pumping to his brain straight to his dick.
Fire roared through him when her searching hands went to his ass and she pulled him to her, settling him against her.
“Make love to me, Will.” Her soft whisper hit him harder than a blow to the head.
Love her, love her, love hersang along with the beats of his heart. They would work this out. “Always, sweetheart.”
Paige clungto Will’s shoulders. He picked her up and laid her on the bed. He held her head in his hands and worshipped her mouth. The attention he gave each nip, each suck, each swipe of his tongue communicated his devotion. Long, slow kisses that stole her breath and gave her life. That was the way it was with Will. He was her peace and her undoing.
His warm breath fanned across her face when he lifted his head. Possession filled his eyes as they devoured her. “You are the most gorgeous thing I’ve ever seen. You’re it for me, baby. Never forget that.”
His words cut through her fear, freeing any lingering doubt. Her hands slid over his shoulders, gripping and holding him to her. Her legs went around his waist as she tried to minimize the space between them. “Closer, Will. Hold me closer.”
“Shhhh, I’ve got you. You’re safe with me.”
Her muscles relaxed, the shelter of his body her refuge. His love her safe harbor. “You’re it for me too, Will. My one and only.”
A sexy grin kicked up one side of his mouth. “Yeah? What is it about me?” His tongue licked along the shell of her ear. “Is it this?”
“Mmmmm.”
A slow path of nips and kisses followed his tongue down her neck. “Or this?”
A moan came from deep in her belly.
With several flicks of his tongue and one long lick, he gave the dip between her breasts his attention. “Maybe this?”
“Nearly.” Her voice was nothing more than a sigh.
Warm fingers found one of her nipples. He circled and played until she was crazed for him. “This?” The word skated across her sensitive skin.
“Ahhhh.”
His lips brushed the tip of her other breast.
“Will!”
Triumph shone in his hot gaze. “This?”
“Yes.”
Long, drugging sucks of his sweet mouth while he continued the delicious assault with his other hand was too much and not enough. She took his head in her hands and brought his lips to hers. Her hand slipped between them and she guided him to her opening. “Now, Will.”
The thrust wasn’t gentle, it was greedy, claiming. She’d gladly surrender, but he didn’t want her submission. With every stroke, every brush of skin, every thrust, he challenged her to possess and claim him too.
Their bodies made vows, promises that would keep them connected forever. They moved together, taking and giving, loving and healing, both still raw from her earlier rash behavior.
He slid his hands under her bottom and lifted her to him. The change in position caused Paige to gasp. “Oh – yes – right there.”
He caught his lip between his teeth and continued to drive into her. The breath squeezed from her chest at the sight of him. Her brave warrior, who fought for them when she was too weak and afraid. She didn’t deserve him.
Doubt pricked at the edge of the bubble around them. What if?—
“Stop thinking, baby.” He lowered himself over her, his elbows by her ears and his fingers in her hair. “It’s just you and me. We’re all that matters.” His thrusts increased, marking her his with his body. “Do you understand, Paige?”
“Yes.” Tears spilled over her lids and rolled into her hair. He kissed them away, murmuring sweet words into her ear. The tenderness was her undoing. The orgasm burst through her like the birth of a star, hot, explosive, and overwhelming. She cried out, his name a prayer on her lips.
“Beautiful.”
She arched into him. “Now you, Will. Let go.”
A few more strokes and he followed her.
Once his breathing was under control, he rested his forehead on her chest and kissed between her breasts.
Her fingers tunneled through his hair and she held him there. He was her heart and there would never be another for her.